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6 month follow up visit

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Chaparra

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Had my 6 month follow up visit today. At my last visit, at 3 months, my surgeon made me feel very uncomfortable with how he was very flirty with me. After that visit, I was relieved to find out that my 6 month visit would be with someone else. Boy, how upsetting my visit was. I saw just an RN and she had the worst bedside manner ever! Nothing she said to me was encouraging. It was so bad that I totally wanted to walk out of the office and started giving very short answers to her questions. I'm supposed to have labs drawn right before my 9 month follow up, but I walked out of that office with out making another appointment. I refuse to go back to a place that doesn't make me feel comfortable and be seen by someone who has a very negative attitude towards me. I'm just going to do all my follow up care with my PCP since I have had absolutely no complications with this surgery. It is so frustrating to not feel comfortable in a doctors office when a person is going through as much change as anyone goes through during this process. I felt completely unsupported. I felt like I was being told to do things that although I know I should be doing it (drinking more water) it's just hard. She tells me that I am supposed to get 40 grams of protein per meal. How am I supposed to do that when I can only eat 2 ounces of food at a time? If I eat any more than that, it hurts badly. Oh, and no mention about how great I am doing at my weight loss even though I have lost 58 pounds in 6 months. Then, she tells me to up my exercising, like I am not doing enough. I used to do 4 days a week on the elliptical for 30 minutes. Now I do 3 days and spend 2 to 3 hours dancing on Saturday nights. Sorry for rambling, but I'm just fed up with this office and I hate being made to feel like I am not doing anything right when I try hard to do the right things.

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Hi there, chin up, I think you will be fine. Congrats on the weight loss it is great and will only keep going. You do not need unsupportive people in your life, medical or otherwise. All they check up now is that you do not develop defficiencies and your GP can do that for you.Wish I was as far out as you but will only be 1 month on the 23rd but 30 lb down.

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Hi there, chin up, I think you will be fine. Congrats on the weight loss it is great and will only keep going. You do not need unsupportive people in your life, medical or otherwise. All they check up now is that you do not develop defficiencies and your GP can do that for you.Wish I was as far out as you but will only be 1 month on the 23rd but 30 lb down.

Great job after 1 month!!

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